פָּרַע
Meanings
Pa'al verb
1. to pay (a bill)
2. To let loose; to tear, destroy; to loosen, disarrange; to neglect (the hair). (Biblical)
3. To uncover.
4. to uncover the corona, to split the membrane and pull it down. (Mishnaic, Jewish law)
5. To settle with; to punish. (Mishnaic)
6. To go back; to set at nought. (Biblical)
Pronunciation
pará
Examples16
וְתִפְרְעוּ כֹּל עֲצָתִי
But ye have set at nought all my counsel
פָּרַע לָהֶן בַּיִת הַשְּׁחִיטָה
Uncover the place of cutting for them (show them that the animal has been cut according to the ritual).
לֹא אֶפְרַע וָלֹא אָחוּס וָלֹא אֵנָּחֵם
I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent
כִּי פָּרְעָה אַהֲרֹן לְשִׁמְצָה בְּקָמֵיהֶם
for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies
מִי שֶׁפָּרַע מאנשי דּוֹר הַמַּבּוּל..., הוּא עָתִיד להַיִּפְרַע מִמִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ עוֹמֵד בדִּבּוּרוֹ
He who punished the men of the generation of the Flood… He will punish him who does not stand by his word (although the court cannot compel him).
אֵיךְ גילית שטום לֹא פָּרַע אֵת חשבונותיו?
How did you find out that Tom hadn't paid his bills?